Type-setting stick.



No. 650,849. Patented June 5, I900.

S. L-. LONG.

TYPE SETTING STICK.

(Application filed Aug. 31, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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SIDNEY L. LONG, OF MAGNOLIA, MINNESOTA.

TYPE-SETTING STICK.

SPEGIFICATION forming part Of Letters Yatent No, 650,849, dated J 11116 5, 1900.

Application filed August 31 1899. erial1 l'o. 729,068. (No model.)

T a aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIDNEY L. LONG, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Magnolia, in the county of Rock and State of Minnesota,

5 have invented a new and useful Type-Setting X type may always be set at or inserted in the top part of the stick, thereby promoting the convenience of the compositor in setting the type.

A further object of the invention is to pro- I vide a novel construction by which the movable element or back of the stick may be shifted and guided accurately in its adjustment across the type-space of the stick as each line of type is set therein, and also to-hold said element or back in place by frictional devices which permit said element or back to be moved easily by pressure of the compositors thumb of the hand which holds the stick.

With these ends in View the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

To enable others to understand the invention, I have illustrated the same in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which drawings- Figure 1 is a'perspectiveview of a typesetting stick constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sec- 3 5 tional view taken in a plane through the central part of the stick and at one side of the movable back or element thereof, the latter being shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the movable back or element detached from the type-space of the stick and illustrating the detailed construction of said movable back.

The same numerals of reference are used to indicate like and corresponding parts in each of the several figures of the drawings.

The'stick is indicated in its entirety by the numeral 5, and it consists of a fiat plate-like body 6 and a handle '7, which are shown by the drawings as integral one with the other by casting the stick in a single piece of metal,

although it is to be understood that these parts may be made in separate pieces and assembled together in the relation shown by the drawings. The handle 7 or a portion thereof is considerably thicker than the body 6, thus forming a flange 8 between the inner end of the handle and the body. A similar flange 9 is provided at the outer edge of the body 6, and the two flanges are disposed parallel with each other to form an intermediate type-space 10, the width of which is equal to a column of type. The parallelflanges 8 9 are formed with grooves 11, which are cut in the opposing faces of said flanges contiguous to the inner face of the plate which forms the body 6 of the stick. f:

One of the important features of my invention is the movable back or element 12, which is constructed to snugly fit the type-space of the stick to engage slidably with the grooves 11 and to have frictional engagement with the opposing faces of the parallel flanges, whereby the movable back is shiftably confined by frictional engagement with the stick, and it' is accurately guided in its adjustment across the type-space. In one embodiment of the invention the movable back is constructed of sheet metal by stamping the same in a single piece and bending the blank thus produced.

to form the side walls 13 and the end walls 14, the end walls being bent or folded between the side walls and united firmly thereto, as by brazing or soldering the walls at the joints. The movable back is provided on one side with the short tongues 15, and on its other side said movable back is formed to produce the lips 16, which are somewhat longer than the tongues. The end walls 14 of the movable back are cut and bent to produce the springs 17, (see Fig. 3,) and, furthermore, the side wall of the back, which forms the short tongues 15, has its corners recessed, as at 18, to engagewith stop-pins 19, which are fixed to the stick across the grooves 11 therein and on the under edge of the stick, so as to limit or arrest the shiftable adjustment of the movable back across the type-space of said stick, thereby preventing the movable back from dropping out from the under side of the stick.

The movable back 12 is somewhat shorter than the width of the type-space 11; but the depth of this back exceeds that of the typespace in order that the lips 16 may overlap the parallel flanges 8 9 of the stick. The

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movable back is arranged in the type-space of the stick for its tongues 15 to fit snugly in the grooves 11 and for the springs 17 to have frictional engagement with the opposing faces of the parallel flanges S 9. By fitting the tongues 15 in the parallel grooves of the body part of the stick and arranging thelips 16 to overlap the flanges the movable back is accurately guided in a shiftable adjustment across the type-space of the stick, and at the same time this movable element or back is prevented from being accidentally disconnected from the stick. The springs engage frictionally with the opposing faces of the parallel flanges to hold the movable back in place; but this back may readily be shifted by pressure of the compositors thumb as each line of type is set in the stick. The handle 7 of the stick is hollowed or recessed, as at 20, to make the stick lighter.

The movable back may be readily introduced into the type-space of the stick through the open upper edge thereof; but the accidental displacement of said back through the lower edge of the stick is overcome by the employment of the stop-pins 15), which lie in the path of the tongues 15, the latter projecting from the ends of the stick andinto the grooves 11.

' The improved construction of type-setting stick herein described is advantageous from a practical standpoint, because it enables the compositor to always insert the type at the top of the stick, thus promoting convenience in the operation of type-setting. A stick of larger size than ordinary devices may be used, because as each line of type is set it is pushed down,with the movable back,by the operators thumb, so that the type are always set in the same plane.

Anotheradvantage attending the use of the improved stick with the movable back is that an amateur type-setter is taught not to set the type too tightly.

Although I have shown and described the movable back or element as adapted for use in connection with a setting-stick of a peculiar construction, I would have it understood that this movable back may be employed in adjustable job-sticks as well as in stationary sticks, because the backs can be made in sets and of different lengths on the point system; but it will be understood that the job-stick should be grooved to receive the tongues on the movable back.

Changes may be made in the form and proportion of some of the parts, while their es sential features are retained and the spirit of the invention embodied. Hence I do not desire to be limited to the precise form of all the parts as shown reserving the right to vary therefrom.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. A type-setting stick comprising a body having a type-space, and provided with a laterally-projectin g handle, a movable back having slidable connection with the body, and springs projecting from the ends of said back and frictionally engaging with opposing sides of the type-space, substantially as described.

2. A type-setting stick comprising a flanged body forming a type-space, a movable back in said type-spaee,and leaf-springs integral with the ends of said back and projecting therefrom into frictional engagement with said flanged body, substantially as described.

A type-setting stick provided with parallel flanges forming a type-space and said flanges provided with grooves in their opposing faces,a movable back occupying the typespace.and having tongues fitted slidably in the grooves, and friction holding-springs carried by the back and engaging frictionally with said llanges, substantially as described.

4:. A type-setting stick having its body formed with a handle and with parallel flanges arranged to form an intermediate type-space,said flanges provided with grooves in their opposing faces, stop-pins fast with the body across the grooves, a movable back having the tongues and the lips arranged to fit the grooves and embrace the flanges respectively, and springs movable with the back and engaging frictionally with the opposing faces of the flanges, substantially as described.

5. In a type-setting stick, a movable back stamped from a single piece of sheet metal and bent up into the sides and ends, said ends having integral spring-tongues extending therefrom, combined with a flanged body having a type-space which receives the back for the spring-tongues to engage t'rictionally therewith, substantially as described.

6. In a type-setting stick, a movable back provided at its ends with guide lips or tongues, and friction-springs at the ends of said stick, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own Iha-ve hereto affixedlmysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

SIDNEY L. LONG.

\Vitnesses:

J. II. ADAMS, O. E. FERGUSON.

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